Monthly ArchiveJune 2008
Announcements & Jobs 24 Jun 2008 05:05 am
Yahoo is Hiring Flex Developers
Are you an ActionScript ninja? Well then Yahoo’s Flash platform team has a spot for you. Many prominent members of the Flex community came from Yahoo’s Flash platform team. This would be an ideal job if you live on the westcoast or willing to relocated. Check it out,
http://flexgigs.com/job/27/flash-engineer-yahoo-flash-platform-at-yahoo/
Announcements & Neat Apps 23 Jun 2008 05:39 am
New Flex Job Posting Site
If you work in the Flex business, you have to check this one out, http://flexgigs.com. Jeff Graham just launched the website during the weekend.
As far as I can tell, this job site is completely dedicated to Flex, which is a sign of the community growth.
I was really impressed by how easy it was to post jobs. There’s no need to create a user account, similar to how CraigsList works. Good job, Jeff!
Update: there’s also a widget feature that let’s you embed latest job postings into your blog. Check out the side bar on this blog. Good stuff!
Flex & Neat Apps 09 Jun 2008 08:24 am
Mate: A Flex Framework for People who Hate Frameworks
There are many Flex frameworks, but very few are designed with Flex developers in mind.
PureMVC, for example, has a very rigid design that only a J2EE developer would feel comfortable with. Another well known Flex framework, Cairngorm, is heavily rooted in the hardcore AS3 development background. The bottom line is, none of the frameworks is doing enough to leverage the declarative nature of MXML.
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Flex 06 Jun 2008 10:48 am
Branded Utility and Flex
Average consumers are bombarded with so much advertisements every day, they’ve learned to tune it out. So how do you capture people’s attentions over the white noise? Simple! Step 1, build a small piece of software that’s useful. Step 2, customize it to your brand. It’s called “branded utility”, and it’s fast becoming the most cost effective way to advertise.
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